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Troilus and Cressida

Act IV, Scene 5

The Grecian camp. Lists set out.
 
[Enter AJAX, armed; AGAMEMNON, ACHILLES, PATROCLUS, MENELAUS, ULYSSES, NESTOR, and others]
 
AGAMEMNON
        ,          ,           ,          ,           ,
      Here art | thou in | appoint|ment fresh | and fair,
         ,    ,        ,           ,         ,      ->
      Anti|cipa|ting time.| With star|ting cour||age,
        ,        2      ,            ,    ,         ,
      Give | with thy trump|et a / loud note | to Troy
             ,       ,  ,             2   ,       ,
      Thou dread|ful A|jax, that | the appal|led air
             ,           ,               ,    ,      ,
      May pierce | the head | of the / great com|batant,
            ,         ,
      And hale | him hith|er.
 
AJAX
                               ,      ,          ,
                             Thou,| trumpet,| there's my purse;  ????
            ,           ,           ,          ,        ,
      Now crack | thy lungs,| and split | thy braz|en pipe:
        ,   ,                     ,       ,      ,
      Blow vil/lain, till | thy sphe|red bi|as cheek
           ,          ,             ,   ,     ,
      Outswell | the co|lic of / puffed A|quilon:
        T      T     T      ,           ,         __      ___     ___  ->
      Come, stretch thy | chest, and | let thy | eyes || spout | blood:
              ,          ,       o
      Thou blowst | for Hec|tor.
 
[Trumpet sounds]
 
ULYSSES
           ,       ,
      No trump|et ans|wers.
 
ACHILLES
                             ,         ,       ,
                           'Tis | but ear|ly days.
 
AGAMEMNON
       .  T    T    T   ,          ,          ,        2->
      Is not young Di|omed | with Cal|chas' daugh||ter?
 
ULYSSES
            ,      ,         ,       ,         ,
      'Tis he,| I ken | the man|ner of | his gait,
          ,      ,        ,            x         ,
      He ri|ses on | the toe:| that spirit | of his
          ,    ,        ,           ,          ,
      In as|pira|tion lifts | him from | the earth.
 
[Enter DIOMEDES, with CRESSIDA]
 
AGAMEMNON
Is this the Lady Cressid?
 
DIOMEDES
Even she.
 
AGAMEMNON
Most dearly welcome to the Greeks, sweet lady.
 
NESTOR
Our general doth salute you with a kiss.
 
ULYSSES
Yet is the kindness but particular; 'twere better she were kissed in general.
 
NESTOR
And very courtly counsel: I'll begin. So much for Nestor.
 
ACHILLES
I'll take what winter from your lips fair lady: Achilles bids you welcome.
 
MENELAUS
I had good argument for kissing once.
 
PATROCLUS
             ,         ,     ,          ,       ,
      But that's | no arg|ument | for kiss|ing now;
            ,       ,    ,               ,      ,
      For this | popped Pa/ris in | his har|diment,
           ,        ,     ,              ,     ,
      And part|ed thus | you and | your arg|ument.
 
ULYSSES
          ,       ,          ,         ,           ,
      O dead|ly gall,| and theme | of all | our scorns,
            ,          ,          ,          ,          ,
      For which | we lose | our heads,| to gild | his horns.
 
PATROCLUS
            ,          ,    ,       ,           ,
      The first | was Me|nela|us' kiss,| this^mine:
          ,        ,      ,
      Patroc|lus kiss|es you.
 
MENELAUS
                                  ,         ,
                             Oh this | is trim.
 
PATROCLUS
       ,          ,         ,     ,         ,
      Paris | and I | kiss ev|ermore | for him.
 
MENELAUS
             ,         ,          ,     ,          ,
      I'll have | my kiss | sir: La|dy by | your leave.
 
CRESSIDA
           ,       ,        ,        ,       ,
      In kiss|ing do | you rend|er, or | receive.
 
PATROCLUS
             ,          ,
      Both^take | and give.
 
CRESSIDA
                                   ,         ,          ,
                            I'll make | my match | to live,
            ,          ,        ,        ,          ,
      The kiss | you take | is bet|ter than | you give:
        T    T   T    __
      Therefore no | kiss.  \\
 
MENELAUS
             ,          ,           ,          ,          ,
      I'll give | you boot,| I'll give | you three | for one.
 
CRESSIDA
                   ,   ,         ,             ,    ,
      You're an / odd man,| give^ev|en, or / give none.
 
MENELAUS
       .  T   T   T      ,      ,        ,
      An odd man la|dy, eve|ry man | is odd.
 
CRESSIDA
       ,   ,           ,               ,          ,
      No, Pa/ris is | not; for | you know |'tis true,
            ,         ,         ,        x          ,
      That you | are odd,| and he | is even | with you.
 
MENELAUS
           ,       ,     2      ,
      You fil|lip me | of the head.
 
CRESSIDA
                                     ,              ,
                                    No, I'll | be sworn.
 
ULYSSES
                 ,   ,            ,        ,           ,
      It were / no match,| your nail | against | his horn:
       ,              ,     ,        ,        ,
      May I | sweet* la|dy beg | a kiss | of you?
 
CRESSIDA
           ,
      You may.
 
ULYSSES
                 ,         x
              I do | desire it.
 
CRESSIDA
                                T   T    T
                               Why beg then?
 
ULYSSES
            ,         ,        ,      ,           ,
      Why then | for Ven|us' sake,| give me | a kiss:
            ,      ,       ,       ,         ,
      When He|len is | a maid | again,| and his--
 
CRESSIDA
      ,            ,         ,          ,         ,
      I am | your deb|tor, claim | it when |'tis due.
 
ULYSSES
       ,            ,          ,        ,        ,
      Never's | my day,| and then | a kiss | of you.
 
DIOMEDES
       ,         ,           ,      ,    2        ,
      Lady | a word,| I'll bring | you to your | father.
 
[Exit with CRESSIDA]
 
NESTOR
         ,    2     ,       T
      A wom|an of quick | sense.
 
ULYSSES
                                  T    T      ,
                                 Fie, fie,| upon her;  ????
               ,         ,        ,          ,          ,
      There's^lan|guage in | her eye,| her cheek,| her lip;
       T    .    T     T          ,         x            ,
      Nay, her foot speaks,| her want|on spirits | look out
          ,       ,          ,       ,        ,     ->
      At eve|ry joint,| and mot|ive of | her bo||dy:
       ,        2    ,      ,         ,          ,
      Oh | these^encount|erers | so glib | of tongue,
             ,       ,        ,        ,         ,
      That give | accos|ting wel|come ere | it comes;
            ,        ,          ,       ,             ,
      And wide | unclasp | the tab|les of | their thoughts,
          ,       ,        ,        ,           ,
      To eve|ry tick|lish rea|der: set | them down,
            ,          ,         ,     ,    ,
      For slut|tish spoils | of op|portu|nity;
            ,         ,         ,
      And daught|ers of | the game.  \\
 
[Trumpet within]
 
ALL
            ,         ,
      The Troy|ans' trump|et.
 
AGAMEMNON
                               ,        ,           ,
                              Yond|er comes | the troop.
 
[Enter HECTOR, armed; AENEAS, TROILUS, and other Troyans, with Attendants]
 
AENEAS
            ,          ,           ,       ,               ,
      Hail^all | you state | of Greece:| what shall | be done
          ,          ,    3 3     ,      ,   2       ,
      To him | that vic|tory commands?| Or do you | purpose,
         ,        ,          ,       ,               ,
      A vic|tor shall | be known:| will you | the knights
        ,              ,        ,       ,     ,
      Shall to | the edge | of all | extrem|ity
          ,         ,        ,          ,      ,     2->
      Pursue | each oth|er; or | shall be | divi||ded
         ,      ,         ,      ,         ,
      By an|y voice,| or ord|er of | the field:
       ,             ,
      Hector | bade^ask?
 
AGAMEMNON
                                ,           ,          x
                         Which way | would Hec|tor have it?
 
AENEAS
           ,      ,             ,        ,    ,
      He cares | not, he'll | obey | condi|tions.
 
ACHILLES
             ,          ,        ,        ,       ,
      'Tis done | like Hec|tor, but | secure|ly done,
         ,        ,               ,     ,        ,       2->
      A lit|tle proud|ly, and / great deal | dispri||zing
             ,         ,
      The knight | opposed.  (pickup)
 
AENEAS
          ,       ,       ,          ,          ,
      If not | Achil|les sir,| what is | your name?
 
ACHILLES
       ,    2    ,        ,
      If not A|chilles,| nothing.  (picked up)
 
AENEAS
        ,      2    ,        ,        T     T    T
      Therefore A|chilles:| but what|ere, know this:
       ,    2    ,     ,        ,          ,
      In the ex|tremi|ty of | great and | little:
       ,   2        ,       ,          ,         ,
      Valor and | pride ex|cel them|selves in | Hector;
           ,        ,        ,     ,        ,
      The one | almost | as in|finite | as all;
          ,        ,         ,          ,           ,
      The oth|er blank | as noth|ing: weigh | him well:
            ,            ,            ,          ,     ,
      And that | which looks | like pride,| is court|esy:
           ,  T   .   T    T        ,          ,
      This A|jax is half made | of Hec|tor's blood:
           ,          ,         ,        ,          ,
      In love | whereof,| half^Hec|tor stays | at home:
             ,            ,          ,         ,          ,
      Half^heart,| half^hand,| half^Hec|tor, comes | to seek
             ,         ,           ,               ,    ,
      This blend|ed knight,| half^Tro|yan, and / half Greek.
 
ACHILLES
         ,       ,        ,    ,  2      ,
      A maid|en bat|tle then?| O I per|ceive you.
 
[Enter DIOMEDES]
 
AGAMEMNON
            ,         ,   ,     T   Tx      T
      Here is | sir, Di|omed:| go gentle knight,
        ,          , ,       ,             ,
      Stand by our Ajax: as you and Lord Aeneas  ????
           ,      ,         ,      ,           ,
      Consent | upon | the ord|er of | their fight,
          ,        ,       ,        ,      ,
      So be | it: eith|er to | the ut|termost,
           ,         ,        2    ,        ,      ,
      Or else | a breath:| the combat|ants be|ing kin,
              ,               ,         ,             ,         ,
      Half^stints | their* strife,| before | their strokes | begin.
 
[AJAX and HECTOR enter the lists]
 
ULYSSES
        ,     2     ,       ,
      They are op|posed al|ready.
 
AGAMEMNON
      <-        x       2       ,             ,        ,     2->
        What Troyan | is that same || that looks | so hea|vy?
 
ULYSSES
            ,        ,        ,      o ->
      The young|est son | of Pri||am;
          ,       ,             ,          ,
      A true | knight; They | call him | Troilus;
       T   T   .  T          ,           ,         ,
      Not yet mature,| yet match|less, firm | of word,
        ,             ,           ,        ,          ,
      Speaking | in deeds,| and deed|less in | his tongue;
            ,         ,           x          ,              ,
      Not soon | provoked,| nor being | provoked,| soon* calmed;
            ,           ,         ,              ,    ,
      His heart | and hand | both^op|en, and / both free;
            ,        ,         ,             ,          ,
      For what | he has,| he gives,| what thinks,| he shows;
            ,         ,           ,         ,           ,     2->
      Yet gives | he not | till judg|ment guide` | his boun||ty
           ,      ,     .  T  T     T              ,
      Nor dig|nifies | an impure thought | with breath:
       ,          ,               ,   ,      ,
      Manly | as Hec|tor, but / more dang|erous;
           ,       ,         ,          ,           ,
      For Hec|tor in | his blaze | of wrath | subscribes
          ,       ,             ,         ,          ,
      To tend|er ob|jects; but he, in heat of action,   ????
           ,        ,     ,          ,         ,
      Is more | vindi|cative | than jeal|ous love.
             ,          ,        ,        ,       ,
      They call | him Troi|lus; and | on him | erect,
         ,        ,         ,       ,         ,      ->
      A sec|ond hope,| as fair|ly built | as Hec||tor.
        ,            ,      ,           ,           ,
      Thus | says^Aene|as, one | that knows | the youth,
       x             ,        ,          ,         ,
      Even to | his in|ches: and | with priv|ate soul,
       ,              ,  2    ,          ,        2    ,
      Did in | great^Il|ion thus | translate | him to me.
 
[Alarum. Hector and Ajax fight]
 
AGAMEMNON
        ,     2      ,
      They are in | action.
 
NESTOR
                               ,       ,           ,
                           Now^A|jax^hold | thine own.
 
TROILUS
       ,        __      ___        ,     __
      Hector,| thou | sleepst,| awake | thee.
 
AGAMEMNON
            ,           ,         ,       T   T T
      His blows | are well | disposed | there Ajax.
 
[Trumpets cease]
 
DIOMEDES
            ,         ,
      You must | no more.
 
AENEAS
                           ,    2    ,            ,
                         Princes e|nough, so | please you.
 
AJAX
      ,            ,          ,         ,        ,
      I am | not warm | yet, let | us fight | again.
 
DIOMEDES
          ,        ,      2
      As Hec|tor pleas|es.
 
HECTOR
                                  ,         ,        ,
                            Why then | will I | no more:
                   ,     ,        ,         ,         ,
      Thou art / great lord,| my fath|er's sis|ter's son;
         ,       ,             ,    ,         ,
      A cous|in-ger|man to / great Pri|am's seed:
           ,    ,       ,         ,          ,
      The ob|liga|tion of | our blood | forbids
         ,     ,   ,         ,          ,
      A go|ry em|ula|tion 'twixt | us twain:
            ,        ,          ,           ,      ,
      Were thy | commix|tion, Greek | and Troy|an so,
             ,             ,           ,        ,        ,
      That thou | couldst say,| this hand | is Gre|cian all,
            ,          x          ,       ,         ,
      And this | is Troyan;| the sin|ews of | this leg,
             ,           ,           ,        ,          ,
      All* Greek,| and this | all* Troy:| my moth|er's blood
        ,            ,        ,        2      ,     ,
      Runs on | the dex|ter cheek,| and this si|nister
         ,     2      ,              ,        ,     ,
      Bounds in my | father's:| by Jove | multi|potent,
               ,            ,          ,       ,        ,      2->
      Thou shouldst | not bear | from me | a Gree|kish mem||ber
            ,        ,          ,        ,         ,
      Wherein | my sword | had not | impres|sure made
                 ,    ,       2      ,      T    T  T
      Of our / rank feud:| but the just | gods gainsay,
           ,      ,          ,     ,        2       ,
      That an|y drop | thou bor|rowedst from thy | mother,
          ,        ,            ,       ,        ,
      My sac|red aunt,| should by | my mort|al sword
            ,       ,           ,       T  T T
      Be drained.| Let me | embrace | thee Ajax:
          ,           ,          ,          ,       ,
      By him | that thund|ers, thou | hast lus|ty arms;
       ,               ,           ,      ,          ,
      Hector | would have | them fall | upon | him thus.
         x          ,       ,     2
      Cousin, all^|honor | to thee.
 
AJAX
                                          ,           ,
                                    I | thank thee | Hector:
            ,         ,        ,          ,       ,
      Thou art | too gent|le, and | too free | a man:
          ,         ,          ,               ,    ,
      I came | to kill | thee cous|in, and / bear hence
          ,        ,        ,       ,         ,
      A great | addi|tion, ear|ned in | thy death.
 
HECTOR
       ,      ,    ,       ,  ,
      Not Ne|opto|lemus | so mi/rable,
                  ,      ,       ,      2         T    T  T
      On whose^/bright crest | Fame with her | loudst (O yes)
        T      T   T    ,           ,          2     ,
      Cries, this is | he; could | promise | to himself,
           ,          ,      ,        ,          ,      ->
      A thought | of ad|ded hon|or, torn | from Hec||tor.
 
AENEAS
        ,       2   ,          ,           ,          ,
      There | is expec|tance here | from both | the sides,
            ,        ,          ,
      What furth|er you | will do?
 
HECTOR
                                          ,       ,
                                   We'll ans|wer it;
           ,    3  3    ,         ,  T     T   T
      The is|sue is embrace|ment: A|jax, farewell.
 
AJAX
         ,          ,       ,         ,         ,
      If I | might^in | entrea|ties find | success,
           ,        ,           ,         ,         ,
      As seld | I have | the chance;| I would | desire
          ,       ,       ,        ,         ,
      My fam|ous cous|in to | our Gre|cian tents.
 
DIOMEDES
        ,    2  ,           ,           ,       ,
      'Tis Aga|memnon's | wish, and | great A|chilles
             ,        ,        ,          ,   2    ,      2->
      Doth long | to see | unarmed | the val|iant Hec||tor.
 
HECTOR
         ,       ,        ,         ,     2    ,
      Aene|as, call | my broth|er Troi|lus to me:
           ,     ,         ,       ,      ,
      And sig|nify | this lov|ing in|terview
       ,          ,        ,         ,       ,
      To the | expec|ters of | our Troy|an part:
          ,           ,      ,    2        ,         ,
      Desire | them home.| Give me thy | hand, my | cousin:
      ,            ,           ,         ,            ,
      I will | go eat | with thee,| and see | your knights.
 
AJAX
        ,        ,        ,          ,         ,
      Great Ag|amem|non comes | to meet | us here.
 
HECTOR
           ,     2    ,           ,         ,         ,
      The worth|iest of | them, tell | me name | by name:
       ,           ,               ,    ,          ,
      But for | Achil|les, mine / own sear|ching eyes
              ,         ,         ,           ,       ,
      Shall find | him by | his large | and port|ly size.
 
AGAMEMNON
       ,            ,        ,        ,       ,
      Worthy | of arms:| as wel|come as | to one
             ,         ,         ,       ,    ,
      That would | be rid | of such | an en|emy.
             ,         ,         ,       ,            ,
      But that's | no wel|come: und|erstand | more* clear
               ,           ,          ,          ,             ,
      What's past,| and what's | to come,| is strewed | with husks,
            ,        ,     ,      ,    ,
      And form|less ru|in of | obliv|ion:
           ,         ,        ,         ,           ,
      But in | this ex|tant* mo|ment, faith | and troth,
          ,      ,                 ,        x     ,
      Strained pure/ly from | all hol|low bias-|drawing:
        ,                ,        ,       ,     ,
      Bids thee | with most | divine | inte|grity,
             ,         ,      ,            ,       ,       2->
      From heart | of ve|ry heart,| great^Hec|tor wel||come.
 
HECTOR
          ,            ,       ,   2   ,    ,      2->
      I thank | thee most | impe|rious A|gamem||non.
 
AGAMEMNON
           ,     T     T   .   T         ,        ,
      My well-|famed lord of Troy,| no less | to you.
 
MENELAUS
       ,    2      ,          ,        ,            ,
      Let me con|firm my | princely | brother's | greeting,
            ,      .  T   T   T          ,        ,       ->
      You brace | of warlike broth|ers, wel|come hith|er.
 
HECTOR
       ,        2    ,      2
      Who | must^we ans|wer?
 
AENEAS
                                  ,      ,     x
                             The nob|le Me|nelaus.
 
HECTOR
      T   T   .   T         ,          ,          ,
      O, you my lord,| by Mars | his gaunt|let thanks,
        T   T     T     2    ,       2   ,        ,
      Mock not, that | I affect | the untra|ded oath,
             ,        ,             ,         ,        ,
      Your quon|dam wife | swears^still | by Ven|us' glove
              ,          ,        ,         ,       2    ,
      She's^well,| but bade | me not | commend | her to you.
 
MENELAUS
        ,             ,           ,         ,       ,
      Name her | not^now | sir, she's | a dead|ly theme.
 
HECTOR
         ,       ,       ,
      O pard|on, I | offend.  (pickup)
 
NESTOR
          ,          ,         ,        ,          ,
      I have |(thou gal|lant Troy|an) seen | thee oft
       ,              ,     ,     T    Tx   T
      Laboring | for dest|iny,| make cruel way
                ,          ,         ,      ,   2         ,
      Through ranks | of Greek|ish youth;| and I have | seen thee
          ,        ,    2     ,          ,    2    ,
      As hot | as Per|seus, spur | thy Phry|gian steed,
         ,        ,     ,    ,      2     ,
      Despi|sing ma|ny for|feits and sub|duements,
        ,                ,              ,     ,       2     ,
      When thou | hast hung | thy ad/vanced sword | in the air,
           ,        ,       ,      ,            ,
      Not let|ting it | decline,| on the | declined:
           ,          ,         ,         ,        ,
      That I | have said | to some | my stan|ders by,
       ,  ,             ,         ,        ,
      Lo Ju/piter | is yond|er, deal|ing life.
          ,          ,           ,           ,           ,
      And I | have seen | thee pause,| and take | thy breath,
        ,             ,          ,             ,           ,
      When that | a ring | of Greeks | have hemmed | thee in,
        ,    2   ,   2      ,           ,             ,
      Like an O|lympian | wrestling.| This have | I seen,
            ,          ,              ,      ,          ,
      But this | thy count|enance /(still locked | in steel)
         ,      ,          ,        ,          ,
      I nev|er saw | till now.| I knew | thy grandsire,  ????
            ,       ,                ,      2   ,         ,
      And once | fought with | him; he | was a sol|dier good,
                 ,     ,         ,        ,       ,
      But by / great Mars,| the cap|tain of | us all,
        Tx    T    T       2    ,     ,       ,
      Never like thee.| Let an old | man em|brace thee,
            ,       ,    2    ,        ,         ,
      And (worth|y war|rior) wel|come to | our tents.
 
AENEAS
          2     ,     ,
      'Tis the old | Nestor.  (picked up)
 
HECTOR
       ,    2     ,            T   T    T     ,
      Let me em|brace thee | good old chro|nicle,
             ,         ,       T     T   .   T           ,
      That hast | so long | walked hand in hand | with time:
             ,        ,       ,        ,         ,          2->
      Most reve|rend Nes|tor, I | am glad | to clasp || thee.
 
NESTOR
          ,          ,            ,       ,    2     ,
      I would | my arms | could match | thee in con|tention
       ,             ,           ,         ,     ,
      As they | contend | with thee | in court|esy.
 
HECTOR
I would they could.
 
NESTOR
Ha?  By this white beard I'd fight with thee tomorrow. Well, welcome, welcome: I have seen the time.
 
ULYSSES
         ,       ,         ,       ,       ,
      I wond|er now,| how yond|er ci|ty stands,
            ,          ,          ,         ,        x
      When we | have^here | her base | and pil|lar by us.
 
HECTOR
          ,          ,       ,      ,        ,
      I know | your fav|or Lord | Ulys|ses well.
          ,             ,   2    ,           ,       ,
      Ah sir,| there's ma|ny a Greek | and Troy|an dead,
              ,        ,          ,         ,   ,
      Since first | I saw | yourself,| and Di|omed
          ,  2    ,          ,        ,     ,
      In Il|ion, on | your Greek|ish em|bassy.
 
ULYSSES
       ,             ,          ,      ,             ,
      Sir, I | foretold | you then | what would | ensue,
          ,      ,     2      ,          ,       ,
      My pro|phecy | is but half | his journ|ey yet;
           ,        ,            ,       ,            ,
      For yond|er walls | that pert|ly front | your town,
              x            ,        ,         ,           ,
      Yond^towers,| whose^want|on tops | do buss | the clouds,
             ,           ,      ,
      Must kiss | their own | feet.
 
HECTOR
                                     2        ,       ,
                                    I must | not be|lieve you:
        ,            T    T    .   T      ,       ,
      There they | stand yet: and mod|estly | I think,
            ,        ,       ,    2    ,            ,
      The fall | of eve|ry Phry|gian stone | will cost
          ,        ,         ,      .   T     T    T
      A drop | of Gre|cian blood:| the end crowns all,
                  ,   ,       ,    ,         ,
      And that / old com|mon ar|bitra|tor, Time,
            ,         ,
      Will one | day end | it.
 
ULYSSES
                                ,    ,               x
                               So | to him | we leave it.
              x           ,     ,  2      ,        ,
      Most gentle,| and most | valiant | Hector,| welcome;
       ,           ,   2    ,       ,           ,
      After | the gen|eral, I | beseech | you next
           ,           ,        ,        ,        ,
      To feast | with me,| and see | me at | my tent.
 
ACHILLES
      ,               ,             ,      ,         ,
      I shall | forestall | thee, Lord | Ulys|ses, thou:
            ,       ,         ,           ,         ,
      Now* Hec|tor, I | have fed | mine eyes | on thee,
          ,        2   ,      ,       ,           ,
      I have | with exact | view pe|rused thee | Hector,
           ,        ,          ,
      And quot|ed joint | by joint.
 
HECTOR
                                         ,       ,       ->
                                    Is this | Achil||les?
 
ACHILLES
      ,     2   ,
      I | am Achil|les.  \\
 
HECTOR
        T     T  .  T         ,         ,         ,
      Stand fair I prith|ee, let | me look | on thee.
 
ACHILLES
          ,          ,
      Behold | thy fill.
 
HECTOR
                          ,    2         ,      ,
                         Nay, I have | done al|ready.
 
ACHILLES
            ,          ,         ,         ,        ,
      Thou art | too brief,| I will | the sec|ond time,
         ,          ,            ,            ,         ,
      As I | would buy | thee, view | thee, limb | by limb.
 
HECTOR
          ,        ,         ,               ,        ,
      O like | a book | of sport | thou'lt^read | me ore:
       ,              ,        ,              ,       ,
      But there's | more in | me than | thou und|erstandst.
            ,          ,       ,          ,           ,
      Why dost | thou so | oppress | me with | thine^eye?
 
ACHILLES
        ,              x           ,       ,    2       ,
      Tell me | you heavens,| in which | part of his | body
        ,         ,         ,         ,          ,
      Shall I destroy him? Whether there, or there, or there,  ????
           ,         ,         ,       ,         ,
      That I | may give | the lo|cal wound | a name,
            ,         ,          ,       ,           ,
      And make | distinct | the ve|ry breach,| whereout
       ,           T     Tx     T     ,             x
      Hector's | great spirit flew.| Answer | me heavens.
 
HECTOR
       ,             ,     2      ,       T     T    T
      It would | discred|it the blest | gods, proud man,
          ,        ,        ,          ,        ,
      To ans|wer such | a ques|tion: stand | again;
         T      T   .   T          ,         ,       ,
      Thinkst thou to catch | my life | so pleas|antly,
       ,   2     ,     ,         ,       ,
      As to pre|nomi|nate in | nice con|jecture
              ,          ,         ,
      Where thou | wilt hit | me dead?
 
ACHILLES
                                           ,          ,
                                       I tell | thee yea.
 
HECTOR
        ,            ,    ,         ,        ,
      Wert thou | an o|racle | to tell | me so,
           ,        ,             ,           ,            ,
      I'd not | believe | thee: hence|forth^guard | thee well,
            ,          ,           ,           ,           ,
      For I'll | not kill | thee there,| nor there,| nor there,
           ,         ,           ,          ,          ,
      But by | the forge | that sti|thied Mars | his helm,
             ,          ,       ,      T    T   .   T
      I'll kill | thee eve|ry where,| yea, ore and ore.
           ,       ,          ,       ,          ,
      You wis|est Gre|cians, pard|on me | this brag,
           ,             ,    ,       ,         ,
      His in|solence / draws fol|ly from | my lips,
            ,       ,        ,          ,             ,
      But I'll | endea|vor deeds | to match | these^words,
          ,       ,
      Or may | I nev|er--
 
AJAX
                           ,         ,             x
                          Do | not chafe | thee cousin:
           ,       ,        ,             ,         ,
      And you | Achil|les, let | these threats | alone
            ,     ,        ,         ,           x
      Till ac|cident,| or pur|pose bring | you to it.
       ,     2        ,       ,      ,         ,
      You may have | every | day e|nough of | Hector
       ,    2        ,             ,   2     ,         ,
      If you have | stomach.| The gen|eral state | I fear,
             ,         ,               ,  ,          ,
      Can scarce | entreat | you to / be odd | with him.
 
HECTOR
          ,         ,        ,         ,         ,
      I pray | you let | us see | you in | the field,
                 ,   ,         ,           ,        ,
      We have / had pel|ting wars | since you | refused
           ,           ,
      The Gre|cians' cause.
 
ACHILLES
                             ,      2     ,         ,
                           Dost thou en|treat me | Hector?
         ,       ,       ,           ,         ,
      Tomor|row do | I meet | thee fell | as death,
          ,             ,
      Tonight,| all* friends.
 
HECTOR
                                    ,      ,           ,
                              Thy hand | upon | that match.
 
AGAMEMNON
        ,               ,           ,      ,           ,
      First, all^|you peers | of Greece | go to | my tent,
        ,              ,         ,          ,      ,
      There in | the full | convive | you: aft|erwards,
          ,         ,         ,           ,         ,
      As Hec|tor's leis|ure, and | your boun|ties shall
          ,       ,         ,      ,          x
      Concur | togeth|er, seve|rally | entreat him.
        T    T   .   T      ,       2      ,         ,
      Beat loud the ta|bourins,| let^the trump|ets blow,
             ,      ,    ,                  ,         ,
      That this | great sol/dier may | his wel|come know.
 
[Exeunt all except TROILUS and ULYSSES]
 
TROILUS
           ,      ,         ,     ,  2     ,
      My Lord | Ulys|ses, tell | me I be|seech you,
       ,          ,              ,           ,         ,
      In what | place of | the field | doth Cal|chas keep?
 
ULYSSES
          ,    ,       ,            ,          x
      At Me|nela|us' tent,| most prince|ly Troilus,
              ,   ,           ,           ,        ,
      There* Di|omed | doth feast | with him | tonight,
           ,         ,         ,        ,         ,
      Who neith|er looks | on heav|en, nor | on earth,
       .    T    T    T          ,        ,  2      ,
      But gives all gaze | and bent | of am|orous view
        2      ,      ,
      On the fair | Cressid.  (pickup)
 
TROILUS
        T      T     T         ,         ,         ,
      Shall (sweet lord)| be bound | to you | so much,
       ,           ,          ,   ,          ,
      After | we part | from Ag|amem|non's tent,
           ,         ,
      To bring | me thith|er?
 
ULYSSES
                               ,         2     ,        ,
                              You | shall command | me sir:
          ,        ,         ,         ,      ,
      As gent|le tell | me, of | what hon|or was
             ,     ,        ,     ,     2      ,         ,   ->
      This Cres|sida | in Troy,| had she no | lover || there
               ,          ,
      That | wails her | absence?  (picked up)
 
TROILUS
         ,         ,         ,         ,            ,
      O sir,| to such | as boas|ting show | their scars,
          ,        ,      ,              ,        ,
      A mock | is due:| will you | walk^on | my lord?
       ,            ,           ,          ,         ,
      She was | beloved,| she loved;| she is,| and doth;
            ,       T     T   .   T         ,           ,
      But still | sweet love is food | for for|tune's tooth.
 
[Exeunt]

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